different between fullness vs profusion

English

Alternative forms

• fulness

Etymology

From Middle English fulnesse, folnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?f?ln?s/
• Hyphenation: full?ness

Noun

fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)

1. Being full; completeness.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The degree to which a space is full.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figuratively) The degree to which fate has become known. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Synonyms

• (being full): entirety, whole; see also Thesaurus:entirety

Derived terms

• fullness of time

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o??fju??n/, /p???fju??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??(?)?fju???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n
• Hyphenation: pro?fu?sion

Noun

profusion (countable and uncountable, plural profusions)

1. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

   His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI

     We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
2. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

Translations

French

Noun

profusion f (plural profusions)

1. profusion

Derived terms

Further reading

• “profusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).